13.04.2019 – 15.03.2020

Visit Guide

FROM 13.04.2019 UNTIL 15.03.2020

2IntroductionWe are Olympians, and You? Visit Guide

We are Olympians, and You?This Visit Guide is part of a series of documents for teachers, intended to help them prepare for a visit to The Olympic Museum with their class. It contains a suggested route and activities to undertake during the exhibition visit to help guide the pupils.

In addition to the exhibition visit, the “Discussions & Challenges” workshop offers the chance to think about the universal values applicable to both sport and everyday life.

For more details: www.olympic.org/pedagogie.

Publisher © IOC, The Olympic Museum, Lausanne 1st edition, 2019

Authors Culture and Education Programmes Unit

Graphic design DidWeDo s.à.r.l.

Images copyrights © IOC or specified beneath the images

This document is available in English, French and German.

It can be downloaded at: www.olympic.org/pedagogie

We are Olympians, and You? 13.04.2019 – 15.03.2020

Exhibition visit

Each teacher is responsible for their own class.

“Discussions and Challenges” workshop

An activity leader welcomes the class and, with the aid of game cards, invites the pupils to discuss topics such as fair play, striving to do better and team spirit.

Length: 30 minutes and by reservation only. Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Min. 15, max. 25 pupils/children per group, ages 6 and upwards.

Practical information

- Monday to Friday, from May to October - Tuesday to Friday, from November to April

1 accompanying adult obligatory and free of charge per 10 pupils/children.

All the activities are available in English, French and German. Access to the temporary exhibition is free of charge.

The standard rate of CHF 7 per pupil/child includes a workshop linked to the temporary exhibition.

This rate also includes a ticket to visit the Olympic Museum’s permanent exhibition and borrow an interactive tablet.

All groups are asked to report to the welcome desk on arrival.

Information and reservations: www.olympic.org/fr/musee/visiter/offres-scolaires/reserver-votre-visite

Information: edu.museum@olympic.org; +41 21 621 66 85

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Visit breakdown

During the period of the Games, the media headlines are full of sports records and performances, with stories of passion and solidarity featuring athletes as their heroes.

During these two weeks, the Olympians become ambas-sadors for the Olympic values, a concrete example of the philosophy of life we call the “Olympic spirit”.

The “We are Olympians, and You?” exhibition explores what form these values take, and how they can inspire all of us, both on and off the field of play!

Through the stories and testimonies of different athletes, visitors will discover what forms the Olympic spirit has taken over the years! The exhibition proposes an explora-tion of specific behaviour illustrating the Olympic values.

Teaching objectives

• Discover that the Olympic Games are about more than just sports competition, and have a global reach.

• Understand the concept of values in the Olympic context.

• Discover the stories of well-known and lesser- known Olympians.

• Learn about the Olympic spirit and the symbols which represent it.

• See how the values of sport apply to everyday life (at school or at home).

Topics covered

• Knowing yourself and pushing your limits.

• The benefits of sport.

• Respect for yourself, other people and the rules.

• Tolerance and living together.

• Fair play.

• Team spirit and solidarity.

• Universality of the Olympic Games.

• Stories of Olympians and other athletes.

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Visit route

The “We are Olympians, and You?” exhibition features various different media (films, video animations and interactive cartoons) and manual activities (puzzle, balance game and table football) to create a fun, immersive experience.

Composed of four parts, it shows visitors how values contribute to fulfilment :

• personal (ME),

• social (ME & YOU),

• general (TOGETHER),

and can feed our reflection and our self-knowledge (AND YOU?).

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Rules for freedom

Stronger together

Coach me, please

Yes I can

Train your brain

That’s not fair

Mens sana in corpore sano

Nobody is perfect

Gamespower

Changemakers

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Practising sport allows you to discover and take on board values, and get your mind and body working together. It therefore leads to harmony and better self-awareness. This means facing up to new chal-lenges, identifying your weaknesses, and defining and achieving new objectives.

As high-level athletes, Olympians are always striving for excellence. Sport teaches you more about yourself – and your limits. Determination and passion help you to push through them.

Excellence is not about being the best, it means giving your best.

Mens sana in corpore sano – A healthy mind in a healthy bodyIt’s all a question of balance! Athletes cannot rely on their physical prowess alone. Without an equally strong mind, there’s no way you can give 100 per cent.

Olympians need a perfect understanding of their bodies and minds, and so their training includes mental prepa-ration as well as physical exercises.

There is no magic formula for this, so each athlete has to build their programme based on their own needs.

Talking about mental and physical balance:

• A balance game to help an athlete create a balanced training programme.

ACTIVITIES

• Draw up a list of mental or physical abilities an athlete needs to train (endurance, strength, reflexes, composure, etc.).

• Create three groups and let each of them choose a sport. Each one then has to complete the balance game. All the pupils then compare the answers given for each of the three sports chosen.

MAIN VALUES AND KEY NOTIONS

• Excellence• Balance• Self-esteem• Well-being• Self-acceptance• Overcoming barriers

1. ME – the quest for excellence

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Yes I can

Train your brain

Mens sana in corpore sano

Nobody is perfect

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Train your brain Sport is good for your health. But also your brain!

Researchers have found that 20 minutes of physical activity is enough to boost brain activity and cognitive performance.

Talking about the benefits of sport:

• An animated video shows how physical activity stimu-lates the brain.

Nobody is perfectPhysical injuries are part and parcel of a sports career. But there are also invisible injuries, as unhappiness or depression can strike anyone.

But it is sometimes difficult to talk about these, as they may be interpreted as a sign of weakness. And yet many athletes are now starting to tell their stories, to raise awareness among the general public. Because it’s good to talk!

Talking about mental injuries among athletes:

• A screen to find out your attitude to mental injuries.

• Two videos in which two champions who have suffered from depression or panic attacks tell their stories.

• An interactive blog telling the story of an athlete who overcame his fears after a fall.

ACTIVITIES

• Talk about what reasons might lead an athlete to hide the fact that they are feeling fragile.

• Talk about what you can do if you are feeling down or sad (don’t stay on your own, talk to your friends, talk to your parents or teacher, etc.).

ACTIVITIES

• Watch the video together and conduct a survey to see who would be willing to get up 30 minutes earlier each morning to do some sport.

• Draw up a list of the physical, mental and social benefits of sport.

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Yes I can !Sport is a means of expressing your determination to overcome obstacles and build self-acceptance.

Size, disability and background: none of these prevents athletes from giving it all they’ve got in order to achieve their objective and enjoy themselves.

Olympians are united by a passion for sport, and they constantly try to push back their own limits.

Talking about excelling yourself:

• A short documentary presents the stories of three athletes who achieved their objectives through sheer determination.

ACTIVITIES

• Everyone listens to the story of the three athletes, and then you ask how sport helped all three of them.

• Get everyone to think of other champions who pushed back their own limits or who are a source of inspiration.

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Practising a sport helps you find your place within a group. This teaches you to live with other people, make friendships and accept differences, so that everyone can move forward together.

Competition and its rules teach many lessons. They define your relationship with other people: whether as an opponent or a team-mate, each athlete helps the others to develop their capacities. Because it is by competing against others in a spirit of respect that you learn.

Choosing fair-play The field of play offers broad scope for social interaction. Managing this requires respect. This takes the form of playing fair.

An athlete who plays fair knows how to remain polite and respectful towards their opponents. But putting this into practice is not always easy!

Talking about fair play:

• Four interactive cartoons which put you in the situation of athletes who had to decide whether or not to choose fair play.

ACTIVITIES

• Work together to list the characteristics of a “good sport” and a “bad loser”.

• Read the cartoons to discover the stories, and then discuss what you would have done in the athletes’ place.

MAIN VALUES AND KEY NOTIONS

• Fair play• Fairness• Integrity• Setting an example• Solidarity• Friendship

2. ME & YOU – A question of respect

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Rules for freedom

Stronger together

Coach me, please

That’s not fair

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Rules for freedom Rules are not necessarily obstacles to freedom.

In sport, they make it possible for different participants to play together by ensuring the same chances for everyone.

Talking about rules and fairness:

• A biased game of table football as an example of playing in an unfair situation.

That’s not fair ! Throughout history, certain athletes have broken the rules in order to win.

Some athletes are tempted by doping products. For those who return to competition after serving a sanction, it is difficult to regain the trust and respect of the public.

For their part, the clean athletes complain that cheating prevents everyone from having an equal chance, and they advocate for clean sport.

Talking about cheating and integrity:

• Three animated videos show how athletes have used different methods to cheat at the Olympic Games.

• Two videos tell the stories of two athletes who have returned to competition after being sanctioned for doping.

• In a video by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), athletes call for clean and fair sport.

ACTIVITIES

• Watch the animated videos and think of other examples of athletes who have cheated.

• Think about situations in everyday life when you might be tempted to cheat.

ACTIVITIES

• Imagine what sports competitions would look like with no rules or referee.

• Organise a quick table football tournament. Discuss how everyone feels after winning or losing.

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ACTIVITIES

• Do the puzzle to find out the characteristics of an Olympic champion.

• Name some of the athletes you all admire, and say why.

Coach me please – Teaching valuesThe members of an athlete’s entourage play a decisive role. Their advice and the values they instil can influence how an athlete behaves. Because the Olympic spirit is something that has to be learnt.

It is how they behave and the example they set that transform a mere winner into a real champion.

Talking about setting an example:

• A puzzle to find out what makes the difference between winners and champions.

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Being at ease with yourself and others thanks to sport allows you to open up to the world in a spirit of dialogue: that is the essence of the Olympic Games.

Through sport, athletes develop their potential and learn to base their behaviour on human moral val-ues. At the Olympic Games, they experience the power of these values to the full.

Sport and the athletes can make a difference by building bridges between all human beings. The power of the Olympic values conveyed by the Games can be a source of inspiration and help to change attitudes.

Games PowerThe Olympic Games transmit a strong message promot-ing peace and harmony between peoples.

They represent an extraordinary global communications platform.

The Olympic spirit is passed on not only through the stories of the athletes themselves, but also through a series of related elements: the rings, the flame and torch relay, and the opening and closing, ceremonies. All of them universal symbols!

Talking about the universality of the Olympic Games:

• An interactive feature which explains the symbols of the Olympic Games and what they mean.

ACTIVITIES

• As a group, think about the Olympic symbol and what it means. (5 rings for the 5 continents, 6 colours for the flags of the whole world, interlinked to symbolise solidarity and unity.)

• Get each pupil to say what the Olympic Games mean to them.

MAIN VALUES AND KEY NOTIONS

• Peace• Universality• Commitment• Hope• Tolerance

3. TOGETHER – Helping to build a better world

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Changemakers

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Change makers By taking part in the Games, Olympians open themselves up to the world. The universality and media impact of the Games give the athlete both visibility and a responsibility.

By taking part, the athletes can make a difference, helping to defeat prejudices and make people think.

The Olympic Games are full of stories of men and women who have fought to overcome prejudices and draw attention to injustices, or who simply by being there raised fundamental questions for society.

Talking about the impact of certain athletes at the Games:

• An interactive feature with information on athletes who have made an impact.

ACTIVITY

• Form small groups and let the pupils explore the multimedia terminal. Each pupil will then choose a story and tell it to the others.

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4. AND YOU? – Participative area

At the end of the visit, there is a special area for visitors, where they can use the installations pro-vided to think and talk about what they have seen and learnt.

Could the experience of Olympians inspire you? How are you an Olympian of everyday life?

Summing up the experience:

• A game with cards provides a chance to discuss and interact with other visitors.

• A multimedia feature enables each person to choose a particular value and help to create a collective work.

• A library is available for those who want to find out more.

Anyone can use this area. Please look after it.On weekdays, school groups that have reserved a workshop have priority. During special events, the seating can be used for activities.

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